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The Grenadines are a Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 island chain of over 6 islands in the Windward Islands
Windward Islands

The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles....
. They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles island arc of the Caribbean Sea. Its territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines....
 and Grenada
Grenada

Grenada is an island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
. Islands of the Grenades include:






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The Grenadines are a Caribbean
Caribbean

The Caribbean is a region consisting of the Caribbean Sea, its islands , and the surrounding coasts. The region is located southeast of the Gulf of Mexico and Northern America, east of Central America, and to the north of South America....
 island chain of over 6 islands in the Windward Islands
Windward Islands

The Windward Islands are the southern islands of the Lesser Antilles....
. They are divided between the island nations of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is an island nation in the Lesser Antilles island arc of the Caribbean Sea. Its territory consists of the main island of Saint Vincent and the northern two-thirds of the Grenadines....
 and Grenada
Grenada

Grenada is an island nation that includes the southern Grenadines in the southeastern Caribbean Sea. Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
. Islands of the Grenades include:
  • Young Island (Grenadines)
  • Bequia
    Bequia

    Bequia is the second largest island in the Grenadines. It is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and is approximately 15 km from the nation's capital, Kingstown....
  • Moonhole Rock
  • Petite Nevis
    Petite Nevis

    Petite Nevis is a tiny island in the Grenadines, off the coast of Bequia. The island is uninhabited, but has been used by whalers to flensing their catches as late as the 1960s....
  • Quatre
    Quatre

    Quatre is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
  • Bettowia
    Bettowia

    Bettowia is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  • Baliceaux
    Baliceaux

    Baliceaux is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the Caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
  • Mustique
    Mustique

    Mustique is a small private island in the West Indies on the edge of the Caribbean Sea. The island is one of a group of islands called the Grenadines, most of which form part of the country of St Vincent and the Grenadines....
  • Petite Mustique
    Petite Mustique

    Petite Mustique is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  • Savan
    Savan

    Savan is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines....
  • Petite Canouan
    Petite Canouan

    Petite Canouan is one of the Grenadines islands which lie between the caribbean islands of Saint Vincent and Grenada. Politically, it is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines...
  • Canouan
    Canouan

    Canouan is one of the Grenadines Islands belonging to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It is a tiny, arid island measuring 3.5 miles by 1.25 miles....
  • Mayreau
  • The Tobago Cays
    Tobago Cays

    Tobago Cays are an archipelago comprised of five small uninhabited islands - Petit Rameau, Petit Bateau, Baradol, Petit Tobac and Jamesby - located in the Southern Grenadines....
  • Union Island
    Union Island

    Union Island is the southernmost island of the Grenadines belonging to the state of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines It is situated 90 kilometers southwest of Barbados and the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada can be seen to the south....
  • Petit Saint Vincent
    Petit Saint Vincent

    Petit St. Vincent, known locally as PSV, is an island 40 statute miles south of Saint Vincent in the Grenadines. It consists of softly rolling hills spread over 113 acres surrounded by two miles of white sand beaches....
  • Palm Island
    Palm Island, Grenadines

    Palm Island in the Grenadines is a tiny island a mile from Union Island, and only accessible by boat. It has an area of and has five beaches...
  • Mopion
  • Carriacou
    Carriacou

    Carriacou is located in the Southeast Caribbean Sea, Northeast of Grenada....
     (Grenada) , 7,400, Capital Hillsborough
    Hillsborough, Grenada

    Hillsborough is a small town with approx. 700 people living there. It is the main town on Carriacou and is its capital....
  • Saline (Grenada) , Uninhabited
  • Frigate (Grenada) , Uninhabited
  • Ronde (Grenada) , Uninhabited
  • Large (Grenada), , Uninhabited
  • Petite Martinique
    Carriacou and Petite Martinique

    Carriacou Island in the Caribbean Sea, is the largest island of the Grenadines, an archipelago in the Windward Islands chain. The island is 13 sq miles , and a dependency of Grenada with a population of 4,595 ....
     (Grenada) , 550, Capital North Village


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